Staging the Past : Themed Environments in Transcultural Perspectives.
Popular representations of history are taking on new forms and reaching wider audiences. The search for usable pasts is branching out into active appropriations of history such as historical theme parks, housing developments, and live-action role play. Drawing on themed environments across the conti...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bielefeld :
Transcript,
2014.
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Colección: | Historische Lebenswelten in populären Wissenskulturen/History in Popular Cultures.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | Popular representations of history are taking on new forms and reaching wider audiences. The search for usable pasts is branching out into active appropriations of history such as historical theme parks, housing developments, and live-action role play. Drawing on themed environments across the continents, the articles in this volume focus on how these appropriations bypass, are different from, or even contradict traditional as well as scientific modes of disseminating historical knowledge. Bringing together theorists and practitioners, they provide the basis for an interdisciplinary as well as. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (275 pages). |
ISBN: | 9783839414811 3839414814 |